News

• Workers Concern to Amend the Foreign Employment Act 2064 in Nepal

  06-26-2016

  Kathmandu-South Asian Regional Trade Union Council (SARTUC) concluded the discussion program on 26th June 2016 in Kathmandu, Nepal to gather the workers concern to amend the employment Act 2064. High level officials were participated in the discussion program from Ministry of Labour and Employment, Joint Trade Union Coordination Center (JTUCC) and recruiters.
• ATUC/SARTUC/Arab TUC Coordination Meeting identified priority actions for the protection of migrant

  05-22-2016

  Bangkok - In the initiation of ITUC-AP, ATUC/SARTUC/Arab TUC Coordination Meeting was concluded on 17-18 May 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. The representatives of the Arab Trade Union Confederation (ArabTUC), South Asia Regional Trade Union Confederation (SARTUC), and ASEAN Trade Union Council (ATUC) identified five priority actions for the protection of migrant from the meeting.
• Awareness Raising Campaign on Minimum Standards and Migration Issues, and Formalizing Informal Economy" in Nepal

  11-22-2015

  Kathmandu, SARTUC with the support of International Trade Union Confederation–Asia and Pacific (ITUC-AP) organised an "Awareness Raising Campaign on Minimum Standards and Migration Issues, and Formalizing Informal Economy" in Nepal
• National Human Rights Commission of Nepal and the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

  11-16-2015

  In a bid to protect the rights of Nepali migrant workers in Qatar, which numbers to over 450,000 countrymen working in varied sectors, the National Human Rights Commission of Nepal and the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
• Obituary

  10-14-2015

  SARTUC Deputy General Secretary and National Trade Union Federations’ (NTUF, Sri Lanka) President Mr. K. Velayudam passed away on 13th of October 2015 at the age of 66. He was receiving medical care at a hospital in Chennai, India.